How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US November 30, 2023 China's flagship smartphone maker pulled off the feat despite sanctions. https://bit.ly/49Xvsam Read more
2 municipal water facilities report falling to hackers in separate breaches November 29, 2023 The facilities, in Pennsylvania and Texas, serve more than 2 million residents. https://bit.ly/47rXZTP Read more
Stable Diffusion Turbo XL can generate AI images as fast as you can type November 29, 2023 Even at home, SDXL Turbo can create detailed images with startling speed. https://bit.ly/3uDPTsI Read more
Amazon unleashes Q, an AI assistant for the workplace November 29, 2023 Aimed at the office, Amazon Q can summarize docs and assist with programming tasks. https://bit.ly/3SY7plD Read more
Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs are breaking up over money-losing Apple Card November 29, 2023 Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses. https://bit.ly/49ZB43R Read more
ownCloud vulnerability with maximum 10 severity score comes under “mass” exploitation November 28, 2023 Easy-to-exploit flaw can give hackers passwords and cryptographic keys to vulnerable servers. https://bit.ly/3GlvxHh Read more
Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously November 28, 2023 AI applications like the Ekobot may help the people and the environment. https://bit.ly/3uuf9l2 Read more
Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected November 28, 2023 Chipmaker claims breach had no "material adverse effect." https://bit.ly/412lssu Read more
New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image November 27, 2023 Given GPU and patience, SVD can turn any image into a 2-second video clip. https://bit.ly/3sUbKf0 Read more
Amazon’s $195 thin clients are repurposed Fire TV Cubes November 27, 2023 Amazon Workspaces Thin Client is a Fire TV Cube with different software. https://bit.ly/3T19InZ Read more
Thousands of routers and cameras vulnerable to new 0-day attacks by hostile botnet November 22, 2023 Internet scans show 7,000 devices may be vulnerable. The true number could be higher. https://bit.ly/3MUZ3qV Read more
USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide November 21, 2023 LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely? https://bit.ly/3sK1Pse Read more
95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board November 21, 2023 OpenAI's future hangs in the balance as staff says they'll join former CEO at Microsoft. https://bit.ly/46uhZno Read more
OpenAI employees revolt after board names new CEO and Altman heads to Microsoft November 20, 2023 Ilya Sutskever announces regret; 650 OpenAI employees sign letter asking board to resign. https://bit.ly/3MO5Tyw Read more
OpenAI board attempts to hit “Ctrl-Z” in talks with Altman to return as CEO November 18, 2023 Cleared of malfeasance, Altman's unpopular firing may be undone—if he's interested. https://bit.ly/3un3tR5 Read more
The FCC says new rules will curb SIM swapping. I’m pessimistic November 18, 2023 SIM swaps and port-out scams are a fact of life. New rules aren't likely to change that. https://bit.ly/47itO1q Read more
Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI November 18, 2023 Microsoft CEO Nadella "furious"; OpenAI President and three senior researchers resign. https://bit.ly/49FaJrM Read more
OpenAI President Greg Brockman quits as nervous employees hold all-hands meeting November 17, 2023 Microsoft blindsided by Altman firing; has "utmost confidence" in partner OpenAI. https://bit.ly/46hJH6N Read more
“Hallucinating” AI models help coin Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year November 17, 2023 Cambridge: "When an artificial intelligence hallucinates, it produces false information." https://bit.ly/47k638X Read more
Unauthorized “David Attenborough” AI clone narrates developer’s life, goes viral November 16, 2023 "We observe the sophisticated Homo sapiens engaging in the ritual of hydration." https://bit.ly/47DUREe Read more
No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon November 16, 2023 Some changes will arrive for non-EU users, too, but not the easy removals. https://bit.ly/3R1EpYC Read more
The “Windows App” for Mac, iOS, and browsers is a fancy remote desktop, for now November 16, 2023 Microsoft wants you in Windows, whether you're on iPad, Android, or Chrome OS. https://bit.ly/3sFdicH Read more
From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artists—and the rest of us November 16, 2023 AI image synthesis is getting more capable at executing ideas, and it's not slowing down. https://bit.ly/3G352q0 Read more
Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code November 15, 2023 Many transgressions come from "very large companies that have robust security teams." https://bit.ly/3SJAsJx Read more
Bing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebranding move November 15, 2023 Microsoft: "Soon there will be a Copilot for everyone and for everything you do." https://bit.ly/47Du7Uh Read more
YouTube cracks down on synthetic media with AI disclosure requirement November 15, 2023 Several new policies aim to tackle realistic synthetic media head-on. https://bit.ly/3udvxX3 Read more
People think white AI-generated faces are more real than actual photos, study says November 14, 2023 'Hyperrealism' bias has implications in robotics, medicine, and law enforcement. https://bit.ly/3srtluG Read more
Intel fixes high-severity CPU bug that causes “very strange behavior” November 14, 2023 Among other things, bug allows code running inside a VM to crash hypervisors. https://bit.ly/47alzV1 Read more
AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting for the first time: Google study November 14, 2023 AI models may soon enable more accurate forecasts with higher speed and lower cost. https://bit.ly/49EoR4n Read more
Teens with “digital bazookas” are winning the ransomware war, researcher laments November 14, 2023 LockBit victims, among the world's most powerful firms, can't be bothered to patch, it seems. https://bit.ly/47Bi9KV Read more
Nvidia introduces the H200, an AI-crunching monster GPU that may speed up ChatGPT November 13, 2023 The H200 will likely power the next generation of AI chatbots and art generators. https://bit.ly/3Sy9NiO Read more
In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack November 13, 2023 An error as small as a single flipped memory bit is all it takes to expose a private key. https://bit.ly/3SEGawq Read more
Highly invasive backdoor snuck into open source packages targets developers November 08, 2023 Packages downloaded thousands of times targeted people working on sensitive projects. https://bit.ly/3u2BSEx Read more
Critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence server is under “mass exploitation” November 06, 2023 Atlassian's senior management is all but begging customers to take immediate action. https://bit.ly/49AFI8q Read more
OpenAI introduces GPT-4 Turbo: Larger memory, lower cost, new knowledge November 06, 2023 Novel-sized context window, DALL-E 3 API, more announced on OpenAI DevDay 2023. https://bit.ly/463A5MM Read more
OpenAI introduces custom AI assistants called “GPTs” that play different roles November 06, 2023 Users can build and share custom-defined roles—from math mentor to sticker designer. https://bit.ly/3Sykxh1 Read more
Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies November 06, 2023 xAI positions sarcastic AI assistant to counterbalance buttoned-up ChatGPT. https://bit.ly/46YQNOU Read more
No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked November 04, 2023 If a transgression by a single employee breaches your network, you're doing it wrong. https://bit.ly/3sprYfK Read more
Okta hit by another breach, this one stealing employee data from 3rd-party vendor November 04, 2023 Threat actor gained access to vendor's IT environment and exfiltrated personal data. https://bit.ly/3QKFTq7 Read more
This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop November 04, 2023 No cure yet for a popular iPhone attack, except for turning off Bluetooth. https://bit.ly/45YXqiO Read more
“Catastrophic” AI harms among warnings in declaration signed by 28 nations November 04, 2023 "Bletchley Declaration" sums up first day of UK's international AI Safety Summit. https://bit.ly/462wXAK Read more